Las Vegas Aces vs Dallas Wings Prediction, 8/8/2023 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Las Vegas Aces vs Dallas Wings
Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Location: College Park Center in Arlington, TX
TV: WNBA League Pass
The Dallas Wings (15-12) play the Las Vegas Aces (24-2) at College Park Center on Tuesday.
The Las Vegas Aces took the court against the Atlanta Dream and notched a win by a score of 93-72 in their last contest. Las Vegas ended the contest with a 52.3% field goal percentage (34 out of 65) and knocked down 11 out of their 23 shots from beyond the perimeter. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Aces converted 14 of their 17 tries for a percentage of 82.4%. In regard to grabbing boards, they collected 35 with 3 of them being on the offensive end. They also doled out 17 assists in this game in addition to forcing the opposition into 15 turnovers and having 12 steals. With respect to the defense, Las Vegas allowed 43.3% from the floor on 29 of 67 shooting. Atlanta doled out 6 dimes and had 5 steals in the matchup. In addition, Atlanta collected 28 rebounds (6 offensive, 22 defensive) and earned 5 blocks. Atlanta finished the game at 66.7% from the charity stripe by knocking down 10 of their 15 attempts. They buried 4 of 20 tries from 3-point range.
Jackie Young is one player who was a major factor in this contest. She accumulated 24 points on 10 of 21 shooting. She played for 28 minutes played and grabbed 1 rebound. Young finished the game at 47.6% from the field and distributed 1 assist.
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Las Vegas comes into this one with a win-loss mark of 24-2 for the year. They turn it over 11.3 times per game and as a group are committing 15.7 personal fouls per contest. As a team, Las Vegas is pulling down 34.8 boards per game and has racked up 571 assists on the campaign, which ranks 3rd in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Aces are shooting 38.6% on shots from downtown (240 of 622) and 82.6% from the free throw line. They have an average of 94.4 pts per contest (1st in basketball) on 50.4% from the floor. On the defensive end of the court, the Aces have forced 13.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.3 fouls. They are 1st in the league in giving up assists with 493 relinquished this season. The Aces defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 42.5% (790 of 1,861) and they surrender 33.6 rebounds per contest as a squad. They are giving up 33.3% from 3-point land and they are 2nd in the WNBA in PPG from their opponents (78.9).
In their last game, the Dallas Wings took a loss by a score of 104-89 against the Chicago Sky. The Wings were able to snag 21 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards for a total of 28 for the matchup. They also turned it over 12 times, while earning 9 steals in this game. The Sky committed 18 personal fouls for the game which took the Wings to the charity stripe for a total of 19 shots. They were able to make 12 of those for a percentage of 63.2%. When it comes to three-point shots, Dallas buried 7 of their 20 attempts (35.0%). When this game wrapped up, the Wings finished the game shooting 35 for 73 from the floor which had them shooting 47.9%. The Wings permitted the Sky to make 38 of their 69 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 55.1% for the contest. They shot 58.3% from 3-point land by going 14 out of 24 and ended up shooting 14 of 15 from the free throw line (93.3%). With respect to cleaning the glass, Dallas permitted Chicago to collect 29 in total (5 on the offensive side).
Natasha Howard was important for the Wings for the matchup. She converted 11 out of 19 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 57.9%, and added 12 rebounds. Howard recorded 28 points in her 38 mins of playing time and had 11 assists for this game.
Dallas has a mark of 15-12 this year. Dallas has 2,320 pts so far this year (85.9 per game) and they pull in 39.6 rebounds per game. The Wings are responsible for committing 18.8 fouls per game and they hit 80.0% from the free throw line. As an offense, the Wings are connecting on 43.4% from the floor, which is ranked 7th in the WNBA. They are assisting teammates 19.9 times per game (5th in the league) and they turn the ball over 12.8 times per game. The Wings are ranked 6th in the WNBA in PPG allowed with 82.7. They have allowed 19.4 assists and 31.8 boards per contest, which ranks 5th and 1st in the league. The Dallas defense allows 34.5% on three-point shots (209 of 606) and their opponents are connecting on 81.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They are able to force 13.5 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 43.8% from the field (6th in the league).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Dallas
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